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VASCULAR BUNDLE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does vascular bundle mean?
• VASCULAR BUNDLE (noun)
The noun VASCULAR BUNDLE has 1 sense:
1. a unit strand of the vascular system in stems and leaves of higher plants consisting essentially of xylem and phloem
Familiarity information: VASCULAR BUNDLE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A unit strand of the vascular system in stems and leaves of higher plants consisting essentially of xylem and phloem
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
fibrovascular bundle; vascular bundle; vascular strand
Hypernyms ("vascular bundle" is a kind of...):
vascular tissue (tissue that conducts water and nutrients through the plant body in higher plants)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "vascular bundle"):
nervure; vein (any of the vascular bundles or ribs that form the branching framework of conducting and supporting tissues in a leaf or other plant organ)
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